We had showers but nobody used them
1. There wasn't enough time
2. Nobody wants to get pranked when they are naked in the shower
3. School facilities usually aren't exactly the cleanest ( in some showers you'd probably come out dirtier than before)

I went to secondary school from 1998-2003. I remember there being showers in the changing room but nobody ever used them. There wasn't enough time and there's no way anyone would have been comfortable getting naked in front of everyone (communal showers, nowhere to hide). I don't recall that a lack of showers had any impact on how hard people working during PE lessons. The most popular girls at my school were the sporty ones.

At my school we have showers, but they are literally never used - there's no time. Lessons finish around 5 minutes before the end lesson, so if you had a shower you wouldn't have time to get changed. And while lunch or break might be next, nobody would use up their free time.

For several years, I brought a towel to every PE lesson, but I didn't use it once.

We had a huge shower room at my school but nobody ever used them, even if we'd played rugby and were caked in mud or if we'd been swimming and stunk of chlorine. Why would you? They quite obviously hadn't been used in years and they were all just bunched together.

Everyone at that age has body issues anyway, it was bad enough taking your shirt off in front of everyone never mind standing around naked. One year I even wore my PE kit under my uniform and got changed in the toilets because I was that insecure.

(Original post by nexttime)
Many kids I know effectively showered themselves in deodorant if that counts? That place was like a gas chamber.

50 teenage boys all spraying Lynx in close proximity was horrible. Must have been 10 times worse for girls.

we had showers but no body ever used them unless they did sports after school and even. And thank god it wasn't a requirement getting changed was bad enough and when ever i showered i showered last just avoid potentially awkwardness with everybody else

(Original post by Edward Pilth)
boys too scared to show their small **** in showers...

I wouldn't want to show my **** in the showers regardless of how big or small it was at the time.

And think about the age group involved - during puberty some of them would be a bit "underdeveloped" due to starting puberty later. Don't forget this is also the age group that can get totally random erections at the most inappropriate times.

My primary school didn't even have showers. My secondary school did, but I never saw or heard of anybody using them. Neither did you have the time to do so. I had to rush to get changed and be at my next lesson on time.

Then again, I think it's unlikely that many teenage boys would have the confidence to get naked in front of everybody else.

(Original post by og.east)
no one showered intentionally. sometimes you'd chuck someone in for a laugh though.

(Original post by RFowler)
I wouldn't want to show my **** in the showers regardless of how big or small it was at the time.

And think about the age group involved - during puberty some of them would be a bit "underdeveloped" due to starting puberty later. Don't forget this is also the age group that can get totally random erections at the most inappropriate times.

these things right here
poor scrawny kid used to get pushed in every other PE lesson, then get told off for "pratting around with the shower"

during maths for no apparent reason, being asked a question and told to stand up to answer it
god bless the other teacher bursting in and derailing the lesson

Our showers did actually work, because the school held an 'Its a Knockout' thing for charity and everyone had to shower after that because they looked like they'd been to a foam party. But I didn't participate in that.

No-one did at my school, ever. At first they were very open, so if you did choose to, then everybody would be able to see everything! They later had new changing rooms with private shower cubicles, and no-one used them then either! In fact, one person did occasionally, and used to walk around the changing room completely naked!

I'm not sure if it was a time related thing, or people being self-conscious naked teenagers! I don't go to the gym, but from what I've heard from my friends, most young people don't shower there either. Must be a young person thing, there's certainly a high level of self-consciousness!

I wonder if our generation is more private than previous ones? But I suppose now, I wouldn't rule out some kids taking pictures and putting them on Facebook.

I don't think anybody used showers in our school either however it is hardly surprising. The only time i recall them being used (not by me), might be after a home game rugby match in the rain and mud, or more regularly, to the poor sod who's birthday fell on the day we had P.E.